Davenport.



G. J. KINDBL,

DAVENPORT. APPLICATION nun) run, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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UNITED OFFICE.

CHARLES J. KINDEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 KINDEL BED COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DAVENPORT.

Application filed February 2, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Serial No. 541,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CnAnLns J. KINnnL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Davenports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to davenports and has for its object certain improvements in that form of davenport wherein the transformation from settee to bed is produced by simply unfolding the seat of the settee to the front of the davenport, and wherein the transformation from bed to settee is effected by folding said seat back on to its supports in the davenport frame.

The invention, therefore, consists in the structure and combination of parts substantially as herein set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents in end view the frame of the davenport in dotted lines, and within said frame in full lines the several parts involving the present invention; Fig. 2 is a graphic illustration representing the seat of the davenport partially unfolded; Fig. 3 is a like representation showing the seat completely unfolded and the added portions, which together with the inverted seat form the bed bottom, brought into horizontal alinement; and F i 1 is a graphic representation of the positions of the said parts during the transformation from bed to settee.

In the drawings, 5 refers to the end pieces of the davenport frame, 6 to the back of the davenport which connects the end pieces at the rear, and 7 refers to the board which connects the end pieces at the front. Within the frame thus formed the seat 8 is hinged at its ends by pivots 9, which furnish support for the forward edge of the seat. The rear edge of the seat may be supported in any suitable way as by lugs 10 attached to the seat resting upon stops 11 attached to the end pieces. The upper surface of the seat 8 may be upholstered in any suitable manner and is provided with a strap or tab as 12 at its back edge by which to lift said seat in unfolding it. To the under side of the seat a portion of the bed bottom indicated at 13 is attached. The remainder of the bed bottom consists of what may be termed an intermediate section 14 and a bed section 15. The intermediate section is hinged to the seat and preferably by the same pivots, to wit pivots 9, by which the seat is hinged to the davenport frame. The joint thus formed is preferably a rule joint as illustrated, whereby when the seat is being unfolded into the position shown in Fig. 2, the intermediate section 14: will partake of the movement of the seat and follow it into horizontal position. The bed section 15 is hinged to the inner edge of the intermediate section by a rule joint or otherwise as desired. In the movement of the intermediate section into horizontal position the outer edge of the bed section will, of course, move upwardly, and to provide for a like movement of the inner edge of the bed section and also for its guidance to that point which shall bring the bed section into hori zontal alinement with the intermediate section and the seat, any suitable guiding or directing means may be employed. A simple and eflicient means for this purpose consists of links such as 16 pivoted at one end to the bed section and at the other by pivots 17 to the end pieces 5.

In the structure just described, the auX iliary sections of the bed bottom are, like the section of the bed bottom attached to the seat, provided with any suitable form of bed upholstery as indicated at 18 and 19. The said auxiliary sections, as clearly shown, are also inclosed within the davenport frame and under the seat when the davenport is in settee form, and are so connected and proportioned as to be able to retain the bed clothing in the space between the seat and section 15. Any suitable supporting means may be provided for the inner end of the bed section 15 when in settee form, such as stops 20 secured to the end pieces, and supports auxiliary to the links 16 may be provided for the sect-ion 15, when in bed form, as stops 21 attached to the end pieces, and as is usual in davenports of the present type, folding le s as 22 may be provided, which are pivoted to the ends of the seat as at 23. To move these legs automatically into supporting position and into occluded position, a link as 2 1 is connected to the upper end of each leg and to the intermediate section as at 25, beyond the pivot 9.

As will be clearly seen from the illustration, transformation from settee to bed is effected by unfolding the seat to the front of the davenport frame. By this act the intermediate section and the bed section are brought automatically into horizontal alinement with the seat, as seen in Fig. 3, the rule joint connection between the seat and the intermediate section providing for throwing up the inner edge of said section and the adjacent edge of the bed section and at the same time thrusting bachwardly the bed section during which n'iovement the links 16 guide the inner edge of the bed section up into horizontal alinen'ient with the intermediate section and the seat. This unfolding of the seat also automatically brings down the legs through the lIIlLQlVGIltlOH of the links 24-. In transformation fron'i bed to settee, the folding up of the seat automatically occludes the 22 and throws down the intermediate and bed sections into the position shown in Fig. 1. To insure the proper re1 )laceu1ent of the intermediate and bed sections, limiting lugs as indicated at 26 are provided between the intermediate section and the seat so that when the seat reaches substantially the position indicated in Fig. 4, on its return to its supports in the frame, said lugs will cause the downward movement of the united edges of the intermediate section l-l and the bed section 15. These lugs 26 may be located in any suitable manner but are preferably riveted to the intermediate section lat as indicated in Fig. 3.

As already intimated, the manner of connecting the intermediate section to the seat may be effected in any suitable way other than that illustrated, so long as said connection is so made that said interi'nediate section will be thrown up into horizontal position automatically the seat is unfolded. This may be effected by the rule joint alone, or by the seat frame engaging the upper edge of the intermediate section as indicated in Fig. 2, or by both these forms of structure combined as illustrated in the drawings.

The invention claimed is 1. In a davenport, the combination with. the frame thereof, of the seat hinged at its forward edge to the frame and adapted to turn about said hinge and take position in front of said fran'ie and itself form a part of the bed, an intermediate section hinged to the seat by a rule joint and by the same pintlc to the frame of the davenport, and a bed section hinged to the int-eri'i'iediate Section and adapted to be elevated bodily, whereby wbei'i the seat is unfolded the intermediate and bed sections are brought automatically into horizontal alinement therewith and all three parts together form the bed.

2. in a davenport, the combination with the frantic, of the seat pivoted at its forward edge to the frame, an intern'iediate section pivoted to the seat and to the frame by the same pivots as those by which the seat is pivoted to the frame, means for moving said intermediate section into horizontal alinenicnt with the seat when overturned, a bed section hinged to the intermediate section, and means for guiding the rear edge of the bed section into the horizontal plane of the seat and intermediate section.

3. In a daven port, the combination with the frame, of the seat pivoted at its forward edge to the frame, an intermediate section pivoted to the seat and to the frame by the same pivots as those by which the seat is pivoted to the frame, means for moving said intermediate section into horizontal alinement with the seat when overturned, a bed section hinged to the intermediate section and adapted to be elevated bodily, supports for the rear edge of the bed section when elevated, legs pivoted to the free edge of the seat, and links pivoted to said legs and to the intermediate section whereby the legs are brought automatically into supporting position when the seat is unfolded and are automatically occluded when the seat is folded back on to its supports in the davenport frame.

CHARLES J. KINDEL.

lVitnesses:

L. C. LAZEAR, En PETERSON. 

